~ Saturday 1st December 2012
...and lots of it. I measured around 70cm of fresh snow at the top of Arolla ski area yesterday. Slow going skinning up breaking trail - it was a welcome relief when the piste machine caught up.
Interestingly there have been lots of slab avalanches on shady slopes, a good reminder that the early season snow is often pretty unstable. For a refresher on avalanche training the Ortovox Safety Academy booklet is as good a summary as I've seen. It's also available online.
